ancient Greeks. The better to illustrate the nature of his plan, he published, last year, a sort of syllabus, under the title of "Claudii Galeni," &c. or a treatise, by C1. Galen, on the best methods of teaching; Specimen of a new edition of all the Greek Medical works extant, &c. Dr Forster, professor in the school of artillery and engineering, at Berlin, claims the merit of having first applied the lithographic art to the printing of books. He has inscribed on stone, with his own hand, a new work, entitled, “ An Introduction to Geodosy." The two following Treatises by C. F. Gauss, the celebrated German Mathematician, appeared at Göttingen in the course of last year. Determinatio attractionis, quam in punctum quodvis positionis data exercet planeta, si ejus massa per totam orbitam, ratione temporis, quo singulæ partes describuntar uniformiter esset dispertita. pp. 30. in 4to. Theorematis Fundamentalis in doctrinæ de Residuis quadraticis demonstrationes et ampliationes novæ. pp. 20. in 4to. Throughout the Austrian States, the Minerve L'Independant, Lettres Normandes, and other French journals, have been prohibited. The 169th number of the journal entitled "Freymüthigen fur Deutschland," has been confiscated, and some other journals prohibited at Berlin. Professor Walch of Berlin is about to publish a new edition of Livy, with a corrected text, collated with forty ancient MSS. an "Apparatus Criticus," which is intendled to contain all the notes of the Drakenborch edition, and a “ Lexicon Livianum.' The whole in sixteen octavo volumes. An interesting collection of the Ballads and Airs of the Austrian peasantry, collected by F. Ziska, and J. M. Schottky, has been lately published; it is printed at Pesth in Hungary. Hanover. Some of the foreign journals make mention of a manuscript of the fourteenth century, lately discovered in the library at Hanover, which contains a number of facts hitherto unknown, tending to illustrate, in no small degree, the history of northern Germany and Denmark. It bears for title, Conradi Halberstadensis Chronographia summorum Pontificum et Imperatorum, or a Chronological Narrative of the Emperors and Roman Pontiffs, by Conrad of Halberstad. Italy. The Diario Romano announces a recent publication at Rome, by the Count de St Leu, or Louis Bonaparte; it is a memoir on French versification, divided into three parts. In the first, he undertakes to refute the validity of Abbé Scoppa's ar guments, in his work entitled Poctical Beanties of all Languages. In discussing the question, whether the French language may shake off the yoke of rhyme without detract. ing from its beauties, the author recommends the introduction of the verses called sciolto by the Italians, when, he conceives, that the absence of rhyme would not be felt. In the second part, he gives a selection of verses of all metres, composed agreeably to the rules of this system. The third part contains observations on the verses of the most celebrated French poets, composed on the plan of the new rhythmus. Several artists in Rome are at present collecting the Letters and Manuscripts of Raphael, (who died 1520,) with the intention of publishing them in the course of the following year, on occasion of the third secular celebration of the day of his death. The third volume of the ancient manuscripts discovered at Pompeia will shortly appear at Naples.. Vismara has lately translated the Elegies of Propertuis into Italian verse, with notes. The first part of this work has appeared at Milan, published by Ferrario. Sacchi of Pavia has just published the first volume of his History of the Grecian Philosophy. V.J. Brera, C. Ruggeri, and F. Caldani, have lately established a New Periodical Publication at Padua, entitled, New Medical and Surgical Commentaries; it is intended that a number of this work shall appear every six months. The first number is already published. Russia. The Lancasterian system of mutual instruction, introduced last year into Russia, is spreading with rapidity, under the high protection of the Emperor, Prince Galitzin, and the Russian noblesse. A Normal school, on this plan, has been established at Petersburgh, where 250 pupils are maintained at the public charge; this forms a seminary wherein teachers are initiated to diffuse the knowledge requisite through all parts of the empire. In every regiment, by orders of the minister, there is a school for the subaltern officers and soldiers. The different schools at Odessa are competent to receive 10,000 pupils. There are establishments not only at Moscow, Tver, Casan, &c. but schools of this description are in course of active progress even among the Cossacks, and in Siberia. Sweden. A manufacturer of iron-ware, at Smalland in Sweden, after a variety of experiments, has discovered a particular process for rendering brass more malleable. His warehouse contains a number of utensils, with scissors, razors, and knives, all made of brass, that prove to be equally serviceable with those of steel. Denmark. Professor Oehlenschlager of Copenhagen has lately published a new Epic Poem in the Danish language, entitled, The Gods of the North. Spain.--The public journals that appear at Madrid are the Gazeta de Madrid, more commonly known under the name of the Court Gazette; Mercurio de Espana, which con tains extracts from the Moniteur, and from La Bibliotheque Universelle; Cronica Scien. tifica Literaria, or the Scientific and Liter ary Chronicle, containing analyses of the Spanish publications, and extracts from the foreign journals; and, lastly," Almaceo de Frutas Literarias," or Magazine of Li terary Productions, A numerous list of French books pro hibited has lately appeared at Madrid. It is divided into three classes, among those of the first class, or, in other words, those which are considered of the most hurtful tendency, we observe the work of La Croix, Essai sur l'enseignement en general et sur celui des Mathematiques en particulier. Africa. It appears, by letters from Leghorn, that a considerable part of the rich collection of Egyptian monuments collected in Upper Egypt by M. Drovetti, ci-devant Consul of France, at Alexandria, has safely arrived in Europe, and that the remainder might be shortly expected. M. Drovetti proposes to return with the second cargo, to enjoy, in his own country, the fruit of so many learned labours and researches. WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. LONDON. Ir is proposed, on the 15th of January 1820, to commence the publication of a monthly volume, printed in the manner of an ordinary Novel, but occasionally varied in type and bulk, according to the quantity, though always sold at the fixed price of 5s. 3d. per volume, in boards, under the general title of The Circulating Library, or Periodical Series of Original Novels, Romances, and Tales: consisting partly of original works by eminent writers, who have promised their co-operation, and partly of translations of new or unknown works, from the French, German, Italian, Spanish, Persian, and Arabic languages. Unless the plan should be varied by unexpected co-operation, or by the intervening publication of foreign works of eminence, it is intended that the early volumes shall be assorted as under: Vol. I.-An original Novel. Vol. II. A translation from the French. · Vol. III.-Translations from the Ger man. Vol. IV. An original Novel. · Volumes III. and IV. are in the press of a View of the History, Literature, and Religion, of the Hindoos; including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works, by the Rev. W. Ward, of Serampore, Bengal. The Hindoo religion, in one form or other, it is highly probable, (says Mr W.) is professed by more than half the human race: the doctrines of the Védu, it is well known, are acknowledged all over India; the religion of Boodh, a Hindoo incarnation, prevails throughout the Burman empire, Siam, Ceylon, &c.; Lamäism, spread throughout Tartary, may also be traced to a Hindoo origin; and if, as is conjectured, the Fo of the Chinese be the Boodh of India, then it will be evident, that far more than half the population of the world remains under the influence of the superstition taught in the Védu. Early in December will be published, superbly printed in atlas quarto, Pope's Essay on Man, illustrated with designs by Uwins, which are engraved in the first style of the art, and in the line manner, by Charles Heath, Rhodes, Scott, and Warren; and a full-length portrait of the author, engraved by Robinson, from the original, by Jervas. The illustrations of this edi tion, which is necessarily limited to 200, are all on India paper, and are the only proofs taken off previous to the insertion of the writing; the subsequent impressions of the plates being intended as embellishments to a foreign translation of the work. In a few days will be published, a Letter on Superstition, by the Right Hon. Wm. Pitt, (afterwards Earl of Chatham,) first printed in 1733, addressed to the multifarious sects of the British empire. The abridgment of Blackstone's Com mentaries into the compress of a single volume, by the late John Gifford, Esq. the magistrate, and author of the Life of Pitt, &c. &c. will be ready in a few days. Mr James, the author of two works, one on the Naval," the other on the "Military Occurrences of the late American War," is preparing for the press, the Naval History of Great Britain, from the commencement of hostilities in May 1803 to the present time. A portion of the following entomological work is ready for publication; it is well printed and with plates: Horæ Entomologica; or Essays on the Annulose Animals: by W. S. Macleay, Esq. A.M. of Trinity College, Cambridge; Vol. I. Part I. containing general observations on the geography, manners, and natural affinities, of the insects which compose the genus Scarabaeus of Linnæus; to which are added a few incidental remarks on the general Lucanus and Hister of the same author. The author of Affection's Gift, &c. &c. has nearly ready, Letters on History, Part II. Profane. Mr J. P. Arrowsmit is printing the Art of Instructing the Infant Deaf and Dumb; with copperplates, drawn and engraved by the author's brother, who was born deaf and dumb. Dr Robert Hooper will soon publish a new edition, in octavo, of his New Medical Dictionary. The second and concluding volume is in the press of Dr Pye Smith's Scripture Testimony to the Messiah; a work intended to elicit, by a cautious induction, the whole evidence on the question in the Unitarian controversy. Mr. J. B. Williams, of Shrewsbury, has in the press, and will speedily publish, a Memoir of Mrs Hutton, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Philip Henry; the life is written by the Rev. Matthew Henry, and has never been printed. Speedily will be published, Part I. of a Series of Portraits of the British Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper and Beattie, They will be engraved in the line manner by Messrs Armstrong, Cooper, Englehart, Finden, Pye, Warren, Wedgewood, &c. from drawings made expressly for the work by Mr Thurston, from the most authentic originals, many of them not hitherto engraved. The series, it is expected, will be completed in about twenty-five Parts, each part containing six engravings, and will form two volumes. In November will be published, Time's Telescope, or a Complete Guide to the Almanack for 1820, including a variety of novel and interesting matter relative to natural history, astronomy, biography, antiquities, &c. and an Introduction on Entomology. The scarce and admirable Essay on the Dramatic Character of Sir John Falstaff, by the late Maurice Morgann, Esq. for merly under-secretary of state, is reprinting, with a biographical and critical preface. An English edition is in the press of Count Orloff's Historical, Political, and Literary Memoirs of the Kingdom of Naples. Mr John Russell has a volume of Poems in the press. A New Theory of the Heavens and Earth will speedily be published, by Mr Joseph Wilkinson, of Manchester: to which will be added a Supplement, in which will be expounded, the law of God, commonly called Moses's Laws; with several parts of the Old and New Testaments. 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It appears, by the last accounts from Cadiz, that the Spanish force, |